Archive for the ‘ Online Education ’ Category

Is Technology Just A Tool?

The technology we create for ourselves, ostensibly to make our lives easier/better/faster, seems always to impact more than just the job it was created for. I’m talking about wheels and looms, satellites and cotton gins, not Silly Putty and Flowbees. [ READ MORE ]

OCW Consortium Partners with Leading Community College Consortium, CCCOER, to Expand Access to Open Education

Remember the OpenCourseware Consortium folks? They’re awesome in their wielding of powers for good. They make online courseware available to educators and students everywhere. The newest project is partnering with community colleges[ READ MORE ]

Vocab Film Fest

Student filmmakers who can grok vocabulary words like nobody’s business should consider entering the Vocab Film Festival. Cash and scholarships are involved should you require fiercer motivation than the simple purity of knowledge acquisition[ READ MORE ]

50 Open Courseware Classes for Teachers

Are you an awesome teacher with too much time on your hands? If you answered, “That’s not even possible!” then you’ve at least got the Awesome Teacher gene[ READ MORE ]

For-Profit Success vs. Not-For-Profit Failure

I don’t want to agree with Michael Platt that for-profit schools succeed and not-for-profit schools are seemingly always in financial straits, but he makes a certain amount of sense[ READ MORE ]

Afghanistan Is Louder Than Your Dorm, So Quit Your Whining

There will be no more complaints regarding the impossibility of studying in high-volume dorms: Army staff sergeant Dysha Huggins-Hodge is currently pursuing a transfer studies degree while serving in Afghanistan. [ READ MORE ]

NY Times Knowledge Network Announces Spring 2011 Schedule

The New York Times Knowledge Network has announced its Spring 2011 schedule. If you're planning to add Learn More Stuff! to your New Year's resolutions, I think the NY Times has you covered[ READ MORE ]

I Paid A Guy To Write My Ethics Paper

It turns out you really can pay someone to do your writing for you in high school, college, and grad school. You just need a fistful of cash and a moral compass that’s lacking a true north[ READ MORE ]

How Nurses Think

The Atlanta Journal Constitution has article up. Several nurses are interviewed and are asked what it takes, critical-thinking wise, to be a nurse. It’s clear the meek and the untrained wouldn’t survive. [ READ MORE ]

Global Nursing Shortage

Nursing is a solid career choice these days. If you’re leaning that direction but haven’t made your final decision, Hill’s words could very well convince you[ READ MORE ]